Wednesday, November 14, 2012

List: Ten Spelling Sentences

It's a weekly tradition, now, in this fourth grade school year thus far: child sits at computer and sighs in exasperation over the task of writing ten sentences, using her spelling words, of at least ten words each. It takes a Long Time, people, to pull the requisite 100 words from Big Sis's brain before bedtime.

So, tonight I suggested a new strategy. For each of her spelling words, I would offer an unrelated word, and she'd have to write sentences connecting the two words. A new level of intrigue and hilarity potential. For me, at least. For me.

6. Wrist. Rainbow. I can spurt rainbows from my wrist when I push this nifty button on my arm.

7. Halfway. Gallop. I gallop halfway to Grandma's house, and then I take the bus.

8. Listen. Chicken tostadas. If you listen to your inner voice, it tells you to eat more chicken tostadas.

9. Knuckle. Salsa. In the South, people like their pig knuckles with salsa.

10. Comb. Chocolate. When I use the chocolate comb, I have to wash my hair again.

Bonus (wherein I use all the spelling words in one sentence, which I what I always wanted to do instead of write ten): Listen, folks, while it often hurts your wrist and knuckles and even your thumbto write ten sentences, don't give up halfway or use a ghostwriter; comb through the cobwebs of your creative mind and let your imagination be known.

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a forty-something wife, mother of three daughters, teacher/educator, amateur writer, artist and runner, among other temporary and permanent conditions. I dream about living and teaching in Africa (again), writing a novel (for the first time), working part-time, having another child (just did this!) and somehow, leading a less-hectic, simpler life--ha! I ask myself what part of my life can give right now so I feel I have more, and what can I add or bring back to my life to enrich it? I don't think I know anyone in my circumstance (raising young children and working or not working) who doesn't wonder what better ways there are.